It turns out that many Americans are wasting chunks of their food stamps on, quite frankly, crap, says a new United States government report. According to a study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Americans who use food stamps purchase approximately $1.3 billion worth of soda, desserts, candy, sugar and salty snacks. Researchers found […]
Archives for January 2017
A classic H.L. Mencken quote gets an update
H.L. Mencken was one of the greatest 20th century thinkers, and understood the inherent dangers of government and the failings of society. Today, he would be viewed as an alt-right racist quack who hated the poor, the gays and the children. Don Boudreaux of Cafe Hayek published the original 1956 Mencken quote on Monday: “If […]
A look at Tucker Carlson’s best moments over the past year (video)
Now that John Stossel of the Fox Business Network is gone, it seems like one of the only few who will take on the statists is Tucker Carlson of the Fox News Channel. Carlson, who has been at such networks at CNN and MSNBC, has be verbally smacking down many liberals and Democrats over the […]
Study: Millennials financially worse off than Baby Boomers
Whether it’s because of an ever changing global economy or because they play too many video games, it seems millennials are financially worse off than their Baby Boomer parents, says a new report. According to a new report from the millennial advocacy group Young Invincibles, young people aged 25 to 34 today own and earn […]
Hey, Donald Trump, Let Businesses Decide for Themselves Where to Make Their Products
By: John Sulzer On Monday night, Dirty Jobs host Mike Rowe joined Tucker Carlson on Fox News to discuss Ford’s and Chrysler’s respective plans to reinvest in US manufacturing. Rowe, who is a proponent of technical and skilled jobs, told Carlson, “Get a skill that’s in demand, that’s really in demand, that can’t be outsourced. […]